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06-10-2009, 04:40 PM
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Replacement spark plug boots?
I need to do my plugs and valve cover gaskets soon. So, I went looking for new spark plug boots, but to no avail. Searching indicates that Subaru doesn't sell them separately, and you have to get new coils if you want new boots.
 I found a few threads with people who had the same problem, but no good alternates to OEM boots were located at that time. But, these threads were a few years old - are there still no boots to be had, or has someone found something since then?There were some mumblings about a universal plug wire set with a single boot (for the distributor wire) that works, but it sucks buying a whole wire set for $40+ just to get one boot and then throwing the rest out. I found a post where someone listed the dimensions - 1.5" length, 3/8" ID over the plug, 5/8" ID over the coil. With these dimensions in-hand, I searched all over the internet, but found nothing. Called MSD's tech line - they didn't have anything either. I fired off an email to Accel, but haven't heard back yet (and am not really expecting anything either). Does anyone know if there is anything out there that works?
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Ebony/Gray '92 LS-L, @123k - bought 01/17/2010, parked for 10 years. Getting back on the road. 
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06-10-2009, 04:52 PM
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Re: Replacement spark plug boots?
Ummmmmm....The SVX doesn't have a distributor. It's a coil-on-plug ignition, so there are 6 individual coils sitting right on the spark plugs. The boot is part of the coil, they are molded in together and don't come apart.
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06-10-2009, 04:57 PM
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Re: Replacement spark plug boots?
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I was under the impression that the boot slipped over the end of the plug, and also over the end of the coil pack though - not molded as part of the coil. I haven't pulled mine out to look at them, but everything I've read suggests that the boot is replaceable - just not available separately.
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Ebony/Gray '92 LS-L, @123k - bought 01/17/2010, parked for 10 years. Getting back on the road.
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06-10-2009, 05:04 PM
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Re: Replacement spark plug boots?
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When I replaced the plugs on my car I didn't notice if the boots are removable, although I didn't pull on them to check.
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Chris 92 Ebony Mica LS-L "A Rolling Restoration": 223,250 KM - Sleeping 2007 STi 6MT, Stance GR+ coilovers, PWR Rad, JDM hood badge, svxfiles 6000K HIDs, JDM Clear Corners, $15/15 min mod, $20/20 min mod, Energy Swaybar Bushings, Hella Supertones horns, Gold STi BBS rims, Group A lightweight crank pulley, A/C system removed, Custom header-back exhaust, Hybrid carbon/metal rear sway bar, restored headlights with CCFL halos 2008 Subaru Legacy Spec B - Diamond Grey Metallic - Sold 2020 Ram 1500 Longhorn - Red Pearl
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#5
06-10-2009, 08:32 PM
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Re: Replacement spark plug boots?
As far as I know, the boots are not replaceable. You have to get new coils to replace them.
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06-10-2009, 09:38 PM
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Re: Replacement spark plug boots?
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Well, hopefully they're in OK shape then...I just wanted to be prepared with fresh new boots ready to go when I had them out, in case one or more were bad. I hate reinstalling bad parts for lack of good replacements.I have a somewhat rough idle, and some driveability problems. I have reason to suspect bad plugs or a coil arcing...hopefully it's just plugs. When I got my car, the previous owner gave me 3 (yes, 3) new spark plugs with it...so I'm probably running on 3 fairly new plugs, and 3 with who knows how many miles on them. I guess I'll see when I tear into it.
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Ebony/Gray '92 LS-L, @123k - bought 01/17/2010, parked for 10 years. Getting back on the road.
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